Marybeth is a 29 year-old accounting manager for a hospitality furniture manufacturer, currently living in Fullerton, CA.

Brian is a 31 year-old Saturn sales consultant, currently living in Brea, CA.
 

HOW THEY MET: "We worked near each other, and ended up usually going to lunch at the same time, so we started going to lunch together. Our first date was April 7, 1995, a Knights of Columbus fish fry dinner at St. Angela's. On our first date we were actually asked when we were getting married."

Their engagement was announced on May 11, 2001.

HOW THEY GOT ENGAGED: "We got engaged at sunset while we were on a romantic gondola cruise in Naples."

Their wedding date is set for April 06, 2002. Their wedding will take place at St. Angela Merici Catholic Church in Brea, CA. Their reception will be held at Four Points Sheraton.

The wedding theme/color will be periwinkle. The bride will wear long white dress and the groom will be dressed in a Knights of Columbus black tuxedo with 4th degree baldric. The bridesmaids will wear semi-formal dresses in periwinkle and the groomsmen will be suited in matching black tuxedos.

The flowers will be lavender roses mixed with pink and white flowers, and the music for the ceremony will include Both traditional organ music and guitar-piano hymns and songs. The readings will be Ecclesiastes 4:9-12, and probably Ephesians 5:22-23, and Matthew 19:3-6.

The reception menu features chicken. The reception entertainment will be DJ and traditional reception activities. Marybeth and Brian will honeymoon in California.

Marybeth and Brian are registered at the following locations: JC Penny, Robinson's May.